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Oxalis massoniana. What a cheery orange flower. I hope the bulbs multiply quickly, a big dense mound would look so pretty
Square pot, small sprigs of green topped with large 5 petaled orange flowers with a deep yellow center Square pot, small sprigs of green topped with large 5 petaled orange flowers with a deep yellow center
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Winter flowers, lacy vs structured
Oxalis triangularis, large purple shamrocks with some small pale five-petaled flowers on tall stalks Crassula ‘Springtime’, stacks of fat pointed leaves topped with dense clusters of pink flowers
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Lachenalia pusilla. Smells a bit like coconut. Small plant but a cutie. Pleasingly star-shaped and with pretty sun spots.
Small rosette of pointed leaves, white flower cluster low in the center. A few baby leaves poking up from the surrounding rock. Small rosette of pointed leaves, white flower cluster low in the center. A few baby leaves poking up from the surrounding rock.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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My beautiful Mammilaria plumosa was torn up by animals this summer, I thought it was dead. But after the rains it plumped up and I can see green under the fuzz
Spherical cactus with dense feathery spines. A few pale yellow flowers in an arc Wounded slumped cactus with torn feathery tubercles scattered in its clay pot Tidy sphere of a cactus stretched to its winter height, dense feathery spines surrounding. Matted nest of spines on the surface of the pot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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So intensely hairy it looks like it’s glowing
Pelargonium triste. Small rocky pot with a short stem, a few fuzzy pale green lobed leaves sprouting Close shot of some leaves, deeply cut like carrot leaves but covered in small white hairs
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Never been a huge fan of Massonia, but I ended up with this hitchhiker in a group of Oxalis flava. It’s very attractive, stripes, pustules, and a red margin. NoID till it flowers.
Top down view of a pot, two large flat massonia leaves against the soil surrounded by tall oxalis fronds Two large flat leaves against some red rocks. Leaves are green with raised textured spots and linear stripes. Thin maroon edges.
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Mangave Bloodspot close-up featuring wicked little teeth
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Same plant, March 2024 to Nov 2025. Needs a bit more shelter from the summer sun but the pot is full of roots.
Mangave Bloodspot, grey-green leaves long and slender, mottled with faded spot markings Mangave Bloodspot, strong tight rosette with stout lavender-green leaves, red teeth on the margins
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The tour guide/retired engineer was very proud of his fluted and finished concrete
Huge circular cement tank several stories high Concrete megastructures against the shining blue sky Large blue-green foxtail agave and succulents against some detailed concrete, stairsteps and fluting
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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2nd year dioscorea is growing much robustly than I imagined and I only fertilized once. Might add on some more trellising.
Potted green vine with heart shaped leaves winding around a wire trellis.
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Drimia maritima, sea squill.

I got the lil one in spring but wanted a spare. Found the big one at the Huntington and decided to treat myself, saves a few years of growth
1 gallon nursery pot with a bulb splaying a rosette of long wavy deep green leaves. Next to smaller pot with juvenile version of same.
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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the joy of napping on smooth stones, on moss, on beds of ferns
Pages of repeating text: "We lived in joy, the joy of living without interference, without persecution, without unnatural threat. The joy of running. The joy of digging. The joy of hunting earthworms through the dirt. The joy of the wind against fur. The joy of muddy paws. The joy of sleeping next to mate and kits. The joy of climbing trees. The joy of swimming in streams. The joy of mating and raising children. The joy of digging burrows. The joy of playing in meadows. The joy of snapping at fireflies at dusk. The joy of napping on smooth stones, on moss, on beds of ferns. The joy of the warmth on fur."
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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I need to be surrounded by creosote get me out there I gotta go
Spring Mojave valley landscape nestled between some cliffs. Wispy clouds in the pale blue sky.
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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One of two surviving Dioscorea elephantipes seedlings I sowed last year. Pretty tuber will stay buried one more year to grow big and strong. Timed this repot perfectly for it to exit dormancy.
Small pot with some dried leaves on a wire trellis Dioscorea elephantipes tuber unearthed, roots in the shape of a pot Newly repotted Dioscorea elephantipes, new sprout growing next to the old stems
September 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Bulbs. Gladiolus uysiae and several lachenalia. Now I’m committed to seeing what flowers come up in a few months
Four containers full of plant bulbs 5 lachenalia bulbs spaced out on gritty soil in a pot Gladiolus bulbs densely packed on gritty soil in a pot
September 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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What a handsome red. I need more small desk top aloes
A red spiny aloe with a stalk of red flowers
September 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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A weak sylph vs a sturdy waving fan
Boophone disticha, a fan of wavy green leaves, among some other potted succulents Boophone disticha, underground bulb exposed, a few thin leaves growing from the top
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Happy birthday!
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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waking up
Close up of a small gravely pot with dried brown leaves, but small green bud emerging from the center. A second leaf emerging from the edge of the pot.
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Sketch of VerA as an astrobot
July 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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chat's doing this to you
May 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Mystery pelargonium I got for cheap, but I finally have one with the dark stripe. Light “spice” scent from the flowers.
Small pot with leaves out of focus, tall umbel with several flowers, pale yellow petals strongly reflexed, lower three petals with a maroon stripe
April 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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So many flowers. Soil could have been a little more water retentive.
Large fuzzy grey-green leaves topped with several long tubular orange flowers
April 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Bought a pot of Lachenalia violacea v. glauca last year as they were going dormant and they have dutifully reflowered. Next year I will bump up the sun and fertilizer.
Cluster of leaves like thick grass, spires of tubular light-purple flowers stretching upwards Cluster of leaves like thick grass, spires of tubular light-purple flowers stretching upwards but leaning towards the sun
April 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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This pretty little Mangave ‘Bloodspot’ has been more compact since giving it more sun.
Grey-green spiky rosette dappled with dull red spots, leaf margins lined with dark red spines A perfectly shaped mold of roots sitting on the upturned clay pot it came out of Gloved hand gripping the base of a mangave plant, roots trimmed and loosed of soil. Fat main roots and network of small ones
March 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM